last month I cocked up, I left my passport in the glove box of a friends car, it gets worse, the friend was driving back to the Uk from Spain.
not the end of the world, my friend went to his local post office and paid £10 for a tracked overseas 48hr delivery.
all sounds ok so far.
I did take a small gamble and booked a return flight to the Uk, but the flights were 8 days after the passport had been posted from the uk.
well it's now 3 weeks, and there's no sign of a passport, I had to for go my flights which cost me £80.
my friend contacted the royal mail, and this was their reply.
the parcel is only tracked at the Uk end, once it's handed over to Spain they can't track it, and it can take up to 2 weeks at the Spanish end.
FOR wombles SAKE, why offer a tracked 48hr service then. it's un wombles believable
oh it gets worse
in the next few days I will have to declare the passport lost/stolen and I will have to apply for a new one at the cost of another £100, and that one will still have to be posted to Spain ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
and they state it will take 6 weeks to supply the new passport and that's if everything runs smoothly
Moral of the story being, don't leave your passport in a friends car, but if you do, don't use royal mail, it would be cheaper to pay for a friends return flights and have them bring the bloody passport back in person FFS!!!
